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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... Australian stock market is lower as fears of an escalation of the Ukraine conflict and a potential move by the US Federal Reserve to increase interest rates impacts the local exchange. The market impact of reports Russia is massing troops on the Ukraine ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed performance on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates near zero and surprisingly strong second-quarter US economic growth data. At 0807 AEST on Thursday, the September ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... much drive to the market, investors likely would look toward US quarterly gross domestic product figures and a US Federal Reserve meeting on Wednesday to provide direction, he said. At 1200 AEST, QBE was down $1.30, or 10.93 per cent, at $10.59 after ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... expect the figures to confirm that outlook." He said trading was expected to slow in the afternoon ahead of US Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen's testimony to Congress on Tuesday night (AEST). The major banks were mixed as the first review of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite Wall Street closing mostly lower after the Federal Reserve warned that some technology stocks appear to be overvalued. At 0815 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... expect the figures to confirm that outlook." He said trading was expected to slow in the afternoon ahead of US Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen's testimony to Congress on Tuesday night (AEST). The major banks were mixed as the first review of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after a solid kickoff to the US earnings season from Alcoa and Federal Reserve minutes that signalled low interest rates for a while longer. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after a solid kickoff to the US earnings season from Alcoa and Federal Reserve minutes that signalled low interest rates for a while longer. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures ...

Independence Day for the US economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... better-than-expected 6.1% from 6.3% in May - suggest that Uncle Sam's country could now grow unaided. Uh-oh, looks like I owe Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard an apology - big time! He might be correct after all and I'll have ...

So good but for the wrong spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... high, boosting confidence in the world's largest economy and fueling speculation growth is robust enough for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next year." Bloomberg was undoubtedly referring to the ISM manufacturing and Markit manufacturing ...